Mr GUNNER - 2010-10-26
Can you please advise the House on the Access Economics Business Outlook which was released this morning and what it means for the Northern Territory?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Fannie Bay for his question. It was a very positive outlook from Access Economics. For us, as a government, it is all about jobs, because jobs allow people to lead productive lives – 1000 new Indigenous jobs in the Territory last year alone. Since 2001, our government has created over 25 000 new jobs. Our workforce has grown by nearly a third, by 28%. That is 25 000 new sources of income for families across the Northern Territory.
It did not happen by accident. Fortunately, Access Economics predicts our employment growth is to continue at the highest rate in the country over the next five years, at an average of 2.4% compared to 1.7% nationally. This means Access Economics is projecting an additional 4155 new jobs each and every year over the next five years. If you want a job, come to the Northern Territory ...
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Order!
Mr HENDERSON: Our commitment to boosting Indigenous employment is resolute and steadfast. Access Economics predicts our economic growth will remain strong, at an average of 3.6% over the next five years.
The report points to the importance of public sector spending; the strong public sector construction work to keep our economy going gangbusters - $1.8bn on infrastructure this year to support jobs, small business, subcontractors, architects, engineers, and suppliers right across the Northern Territory.
Access Economics also pointed to our accelerated land release program, and that housing approvals in the Territory are now …
Mr Westra van Holthe: It is not hard to accelerate past zero.
Mr HENDERSON: Housing approvals in the Territory are at their highest in a decade.
This is a good report. It points to the government’s strong role in infrastructure spending to support jobs through the global financial crisis. We certainly did come through an extraordinarily turbulent position pretty unscathed, with the support of our government and record infrastructure spending.
What we do know from the CLP is their commitment is to reduce spending. We would not have seen the Commonwealth BER spending in the Northern Territory. I see schools everywhere I go in the Northern Territory, with people building new classrooms, new libraries, new school halls, people working, and trainees and apprentices being employed. None of that would have happened under a CLP government which would have refused to act.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Fannie Bay for his question. It was a very positive outlook from Access Economics. For us, as a government, it is all about jobs, because jobs allow people to lead productive lives – 1000 new Indigenous jobs in the Territory last year alone. Since 2001, our government has created over 25 000 new jobs. Our workforce has grown by nearly a third, by 28%. That is 25 000 new sources of income for families across the Northern Territory.
It did not happen by accident. Fortunately, Access Economics predicts our employment growth is to continue at the highest rate in the country over the next five years, at an average of 2.4% compared to 1.7% nationally. This means Access Economics is projecting an additional 4155 new jobs each and every year over the next five years. If you want a job, come to the Northern Territory ...
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Order!
Mr HENDERSON: Our commitment to boosting Indigenous employment is resolute and steadfast. Access Economics predicts our economic growth will remain strong, at an average of 3.6% over the next five years.
The report points to the importance of public sector spending; the strong public sector construction work to keep our economy going gangbusters - $1.8bn on infrastructure this year to support jobs, small business, subcontractors, architects, engineers, and suppliers right across the Northern Territory.
Access Economics also pointed to our accelerated land release program, and that housing approvals in the Territory are now …
Mr Westra van Holthe: It is not hard to accelerate past zero.
Mr HENDERSON: Housing approvals in the Territory are at their highest in a decade.
This is a good report. It points to the government’s strong role in infrastructure spending to support jobs through the global financial crisis. We certainly did come through an extraordinarily turbulent position pretty unscathed, with the support of our government and record infrastructure spending.
What we do know from the CLP is their commitment is to reduce spending. We would not have seen the Commonwealth BER spending in the Northern Territory. I see schools everywhere I go in the Northern Territory, with people building new classrooms, new libraries, new school halls, people working, and trainees and apprentices being employed. None of that would have happened under a CLP government which would have refused to act.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016